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About me - Neil Licht

I suppose making a contribution and reaching out is just part of my being and so I do a lot of writing.

Can I write for people's enjoyment and not just for business? Can my opinion help folks think through and arrive at their own Beliefs? I hope so.

I have blogs,

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Love
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Who is this woman who is my WifeJanet and I took a little time off. We headed up to Maine on a long 4 day weekend. Nothing planned, just ambled up the coast towards Booth Bay. On the way up, before crossing the river to Booth Bay, we went to Wiscassett where Janet and her family once had a "shack" that they all went to as a f... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Immigration Issues The US controversy of immigration
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Illegal Immigration to the US is not a human rights issue, its a legal issue. We are a country of laws. Law is designed to limit behavior. It comes from the concept of natural law as it was discussed in the enlightment era. Its a delicate ballance because my rights end where yours begin and we need to keep revising that balan... More..

Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Should workers be held back by lack of formal schooling?Smallicon
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Exactly what constitutes a formal education?Did you know that in the 1930's law school could be attended without first having gone to college? Did you know that you could also become a lawyer via a 5 year clerkship under a bar certified lawyer, take the Bar exam and if you passed, become an attorney?Education is derived in ma... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should a US company be legally liable in US courts for environmental consequences of its operations abroad?
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Who's law is it anyway?Frankly, there is no such thing as an enforceable international law. Our legal standards apply to our country. It is up to the "damaged nation" to prosecute if the environmental issue was a breech of their law, not our obligation to do so. Unless our US laws forbid a particular action by a US company on... More..

Health & Fitness > Nutrition Tips Healthy holiday eating strategies
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Healthy and "Holiday Eating" can actually be synonyms.No I'm not going to say cut calories, cut volume, diet, cut tradition, just approach holiday eating a little differently than usual.Here's a few tips that will make enjoying eating healthy at holiday times something you actually can't wait to do.1. Know your own dietary re... More..

Business > Business News & Issues Taking business cues from celebrities
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Taking Business Cues From Celebrities Leverage your "brand ID" quickly and get it "all" while you still can"Celebrity" means well known, recognizable. It doesn't mean business acumen.We seem automatically think that celebrities, because they are so visible, are business successful but thats not really what has produced their ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Supreme Court overturns the Washington, D.C., handgun ban
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Did you know the Court's right to interpret and rule on our Laws ("Judicial Review") is not found in our Federal Constitution?If you read the US constitution, you will never find the right granted to courts allowing judicial review, interpretation of constitutionality, the ability to overturn a legislated act or the ability t... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Arguments for current US deportation and detention laws and policies
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Illegal Immigration to the US is not a human rights issue, its a legal issue.We are a country of laws. Law is designed to limit behavior. It comes from the concept of natural law as it was discussed in the enlightenment era. Accepting a law as just or not is a very difficult moral decision. Often, as times change, a law may i... More..

Business > Online Business (Other) How to build a highly targeted opt in list
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So how do you get the opt in email address list?Nice directions on the rules to establish value but where exactly was the instructions on "how to build" an opt in list? Nowhere to be found!Whats frustrating to us email newsletter writers is getting read. I would love to have seen that title question answered because blind ema... More..

Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) An overview world-wide human rights violations
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Ask me what constitutes human rights as a Catholic, a Jew, a Protestant a Muslim or any one of many religions because I am of that religion. Ask me as an Iranian because I am, Ask me as a Southerner because I am. Ask me as a Westerner because I am. Ask me as a (fill in the blank) because I am.Every single answer will be quite... More..

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